Title :
Additive-pulse modelocking in fiber lasers
Author :
Haus, H.A. ; Ippen, E.P. ; Tamura, K.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
fDate :
1/1/1994 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A self-starting additive-pulse modelocked (APM) all-fiber ring cavity laser operating in the negative group velocity regime is analyzed. The advantages of using a ring cavity with an isolator are discussed. The “figure eight” and the Sagnac loop reflector fiber laser are investigated in a novel way, and one form of their operation is related to the master equation of APM. We point out that the ring laser has an advantage with respect to self-starting
Keywords :
fibre lasers; laser mode locking; optical isolators; ring lasers; Er doped fiber; Sagnac loop reflector fiber laser; additive-pulse modelocking; fiber lasers; figure eight; isolator; master equation; negative group velocity regime; self-starting additive-pulse modelocked all-fiber ring cavity laser; Amplitude modulation; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber lasers; Isolators; Laser modes; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber polarization; Ring lasers; Sagnac interferometers; Solid modeling;
Journal_Title :
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
